Cooking-cabinet



A. E. GUIDAL. COOKING'CABINVET. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10. 1920.

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COOKING CABINET.

APPLICATIONY FILED JUNE 10, 1920.

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T 3F F 1 E ALFRED E. GUIDAL, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

COOKING-CABINET.

To all whom it may concern.- 7

Be it known that I, ALFRED E. GU IDAL, of the city of Toronto, in thecounty of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Cooking-Cabinets, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to devices employed to contain in convenientcondition for ready use various articles and commodities used in thepreparation and serving of meals, and my object is to devise an articleof this type particularly adapted for light housekeeping in limitedquarters and more especially to include in the outfit a gas stove orequivalent cooking device.

I attain my object by means of the con-. structions hereinafterdescribed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings in whichj Figure1 is a. front view of my improved kitchen cabinet, partly broken awayand partly in section and with the cover raised;

Fig. 2 a plan view of the same;

Fig. 3 a vertical section with the cover closed; and

Fig. 4 a similar view with the cover open, with the table swung out andthe stove board raised.

In the drawings like numerals of reference indicate corresponding partsin the different figures.

1 is the casing of the cabinet, preferably supported on legs 2. Thiscasing is provided with a hollow cover 3 hinged to the casing at theback and provided with a brace 1 of ordinary construction by means ofwhich it may be held in the upright position. This hollow cover issuitably constructed to contain various articles used in preparing andserving a meal. It will be noted that by suitable frame work the hollowinterior of the lid is divided into three compartments, a centralcompartment 5 and two side compartments 6. The side compartments arepreferably subdivided by transverse shelves 7, while the fronts of thecompartments are formed of open framework 8. These lateral compartmentsopen into the central compartment so that various articles may beintroduced into these side compartments from the central compartment.Hence, as the cover is raised or lowered, any articles contained in thelateral com artments are suitably retained therein an will not fall out.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented Apr, 19, 1921'. Applicationfiled June 10,1920. Serial 110.387366.

. 'llhese side compartments may be fitted in.

various ways to'contain various articles.

The central compartment need not necessarilybe entirely open at thefront, as the lower part, for example, may be crossed by a bar 9, toassist inretaining a dish pan or other article in place. This does notinter fere with the placing of articles in the side compartments. Theupper part of the central compartment may be provided with a hinged dooror frame 10 adapted to carry various articles and which must be openedto obtain access to the contents of the side compartments.

The body of the casing contains a'stove board. 11 adapted to carry a gasstove or its equivalent. At the top of the casing is normally locatedthe table 12, which table, however, may be extended to a position infront of the casing as indicated in Fig. 2. The table. and stove boardare so connected that their movement is reciprocal, the stove boardoccupying the position shown in Fig. 3 when the table is'in position atthe top of the cas ing, and being raised to a position at the top of thecasing in substantial alinement with the table when the latter is drawnforwardly as shown.

In the preferred construction the stove board is connected to slides 13vertically movable in guides 14 within the casing. The table issupported on pairs of parallel pivoted links 15. To enable the table toactuate the stove board, I provide suitable connections, the preferredarrangement being as shown. In this arrangement swinging levers 16 arepivotally connected, one at each side of the casing, to a suitable partthereof, each lever at its other end being connected by means of apivoted link 17 with the stove-board. A pivoted link 18 connects thelever 16 with one of the parallel links 15.

There is sufficient space below the stove board and the operatingmechanism therefor for a drawer 19. The stove board and tcble arepreferably narrower than the full width of the casing so that at oneside there is sufficient space for a drawer 20 and a refront part of thetable.

As it is desirable to have the front of the casing entirely closed whenthe device is not in use and as provision must be made for the outwardextension of the parallel links carrying the table and for the passageof the drawer 25, I prefer to form the upper part of the front of thecasing of a flap 27 hinged at its lower side. This flap will, of course,be provided with any suitable fastening. I have found by experience thata cabinet constructed substantially as described will containsubstantially all the cooking and serving utensils needed for. lighthousekeeping for from one to three people, and that everything is heldin convenient position to give ready accessibility. Itwill be noted thatthe stove is readily brought into position for use at any time bydrawing forwardthe table, and, if necessary, the stove with pots thereoncan at a moments notice be placed out of sight and the cover lowered.When the deviceis closed up, it will present a neat attractiveappearance, and will not appear out of place in any room. It will beunderstood, of course, that many changes may be made in the details ofconstruction w1thout departing from the spiritof my invention.

It will be noted that the links 18 when the table is swung out and thestove board is raised have passed the lines of centers of the positionwill serve to retain the parts in position until the table is purposelylifted when it is desired to close the device. The

preferred arrangement is to allow certain of the links to rest onsuitable stationary parts.

In the drawings I show the links 18 resting on the stationary part ofthe cabinet below.

the flap 27. V 7

.What I claimas my inventionlis e In a cooking cabinet, the combinationof a casing; a stove board movablefrom 'a posi-f tion at the top. of thecabinet to a position below the top of the cabinet and viceversa;

a table movable from a positionat'the top of the cabinet to a positionin front thereof in substantially the same plane and viceversa; andsupporting means and connections between the stove board and th e tablewhereby their movements are reciprocal comprising vertical guides forthe stove board, parallel pivoted links supporting the table, and

link and lever connections whereby the table actuates the stove board.

. Signed at Toronto, Canada, this of June, 1920. V

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